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Worcester's Market Scene: A Guide to the City's Food Hubs
A city of 206,518 people and large immigrant communities supports a spread of grocery halls, farm stands and specialty shops.

A city of 206,518 people and large immigrant communities supports a spread of grocery halls, farm stands and specialty shops.

Centuries-old marketplaces solved the same problems modern exchanges face: trust, price discovery and crowding.

Price, service and returns work differently at big-box chains and independents. Here is the mechanism behind each, and when each wins.

Small candy counters survive on margins big chains cannot match — and on habits big chains cannot copy.